Apple Music off to an excellent start as positive opinions abound

“Apple has opened the door to a world of music and music discovery with a service that combines the best of streaming with the depth of existing music collections owned by the biggest digital music purchasers on the planet, iTunes users,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld.

“Apple says it hopes to measure success in engagement and it seems to be off to a strong start, according to social media sentiment analysis firm, TheySay,” Evans writes. “TheySay analyzed 84,845 Apple Music Tweets and found 76 percent of Twitter to be positive about Apple Music – not so bad for a digital music incumbent breaking into new territory.”

Evans writes, “In fact with 76 percent of the Twitterverse on side, I’m calling this an excellent start.”

One day in and have only found myself frustrated with the UI in terms of the size of text when using the iPhone. Sucks getting old. However, there seems to be more artists available in the areas I am interested in (progressive rock, jazz and fusion) than the other streaming services I’ve tried (and quit), but I would have liked to have seen sub-genres for prog and fusion included when creating my profile, as well as curated playlists for these. That said, the artists in these genres are present in iTunes’ store library so I can go and listen regardless. So far, I’m digging it.

I’ve just tried Apple Music for a short period, and I actually enjoyed a few songs on Beats 1 that I had not heard before. That’s saying something- I’m an old rocker from way back. I have 200 albums that I bought BEFORE Apple was even a Company. Hell, I have a few before INTEL was a company!

From my perspective, a good launch. No other streaming service has induced me to spend any money…

This is better than Spotify. It integrates nicely with my current library. With iTunes match on I have access to the worlds largest music store and can integrate into my library seamlessly. This is the killer app that separates it from Spotify in my opinion. It lets me mix my library into the Apple library without even noticing that it is happening. If the first day is any indication, Apple has something worth paying for. With the family plan, it is like $3/month per person. For newbies this is like having the keys to local music shop. Hard to find anything to complain about. Adding entire album from Apple music into my library is 1 click. 1 more click downloads the entire album to the current device you are using…mac, iPad etc.